(09-27-2017, 11:05 PM)Archon Wrote:I am not understanding the conflict of interest. It is my understanding that a trade was offered specifically for Smallwood in conjunction with his candidacy for GM, and that once that trade was refused the idea of him being co-GM was scrapped. There were no plans for Smallwood to be GM of a team he was not on.
Prior to any trade talks involving Smallwood and the wraiths, there was an agreement that Tlk would GM "behind the scenes." while the trade didn't end up going through due to scheduling, the intention was clear.
(09-27-2017, 11:05 PM)Archon Wrote:I am not understanding the conflict of interest. It is my understanding that a trade was offered specifically for Smallwood in conjunction with his candidacy for GM, and that once that trade was refused the idea of him being co-GM was scrapped. There were no plans for Smallwood to be GM of a team he was not on.
So I already thought this was a light punishment for tampering, but he just straight up admitted they were trying to convince him to join their team, which HO seems to not have considered in their post...
(09-27-2017, 08:11 PM)TheMemeMaestro Wrote:#NobleGate (That was FAAAAAAAR more severe, but precedent)
Noble's actions were to benefit his player. Bzerkap's were just about the team. Just to be clear, I have no issue with the severity of the punishment, just genuinely asking about the targets of punishment.
(09-27-2017, 07:13 PM)kckolbe Wrote:Noble's actions were to benefit his player. Bzerkap's were just about the team. Just to be clear, I have no issue with the severity of the punishment, just genuinely asking about the targets of punishment.
Yea I get it. Although, the team Yeti was punished for the individual's actions, so maybe the reverse would be the same?
(09-27-2017, 11:13 PM)AsylumParty Wrote:As I said, being compliant by agreeing to those terms would be in conflict with the integrity of the league as well as each locker room.
So then YKW are being punished for both conflict of interest and tampering? That's a very light tampering punishment then. 1 2nd rounder and a $5M fine for 2 seasons is not a whole lot of deterrent, especially for a rebuilding team.
Rebuilding team trades away expensive, good players, and have a ton of cap space and a bunch of picks. They decide, "hey, I'll take a chance and talk to this free agent a couple days before FA opens". They've got lots of picks to cover the loss of one 2nd rounder, and lots of cap space to cover the 5 mil, so why not take a chance on nabbing a good FA.